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MONTREAL — The family of a young man who died after an altercation with Montreal jail guards is demanding an inquiry into systemic racism in the provincial detention system, a civil rights group said Thursday.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says home sales in Montreal last month fell 39 per cent from a year earlier to a level not seen in December since 2014.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Nicolas Savoie scored the game-winning goal with 23 seconds left in overtime as the Quebec Remparts escaped with a 5-4 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Wednesday.

MONTREAL — The use of a spit hood before the death of 21-year-old man illegally detained inside a Montreal jail, and the fact that he should have been released the day before, have sparked calls for a public inquiry.

MONTREAL — An increasing number of asylum seekers to Quebec is putting pressure on the province’s social services network, with homeless shelters in Montreal bearing the brunt of the influx of people, advocates say.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — The Rimouski Oceanic continue to make waves in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

MONTREAL — A Quebec ultra-marathon runner is preparing for a nearly 8,000-kilometre run from the most southern point of the United States to Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula. Joan Roch, 49, is known for running more than 1,000 kilometres from Percé, Que.

MONTREAL — Police say they are investigating after a 30-year-old woman was shot Sunday in the Town of Mount Royal, an affluent suburb on Montreal Island.

Montreal police say they are investigating after a 16-year-old and a 19-year-old were assaulted after a meeting arranged on social media to conduct a transaction in the city's suburban LaSalle borough.

MONTREAL — Hydro-Québec says almost all of its customers who lost power in a Dec. 23 winter storm have now been reconnected.